Pho Today Reviews Summary

Category: Vietnamese restaurant

Address: 75 NJ-17, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, USA

Phone: +12014388818

Rating: 4.1
based on 191 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The meat was yummy and the broth was divine!"
  • "The food is amazing I love the summer rolls (they have a great peanut sauce most places don't) the grilled beef banh mi is spicy and fresh and the vermicelli is the best I have had in NJ."
  • "The pork and beef was very tender and deeply marinated, and the fish sauce was a wonderful addition to this bowl."
  • "The food was great. It came out fast and used fresh ingredients."
  • "The food here is amazing. There isn’t anything that I haven’t liked on the menu."
  • "The broth is extremely deep in flavor, and the toppings are perfect."
  • "The food tastes very fresh."

Cons:

  • "The bubble tea seems pretty expensive compared to other places."
  • "Soup was not hot but luke warm, very greasy and meat in the soup was too chewy."
  • "Taste was bland and almost every piece of meat was completely inedible due to it being completely tough fat."
  • "The pork was dry, and the shrimp tofu had an off-putting spongey texture."
  • "The shrimp summer roll was a little disappointing. Didn’t have much taste."
  • "The spring rolls with vermicelli, which was underwhelming."
  • "The Banh Xeo was enormously disappointing."

Service

Pros:

  • "The server Baltazar is excellent with great customer service and attention to detail."
  • "The customer service was on point. They were very kind and attentive and our food came out in great time."
  • "The staff are friendly and kind, know us all as regulars and I never leave disappointed!"
  • "This restaurant has a amazing manger he is very professional."
  • "The staff were very attentive and polite."
  • "Staffs are very friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff is very friendly and attentive."

Cons:

  • "SETTING & SERVICE: - our booth seating area was not clean and this is strange given all the focus on keeping things clean/germ-free."
  • "The atmosphere was nice but the room temperature is too warm, everyone was very hot and sweating."
  • "I literally had to wait for a while just to pick up my order."
  • "The staff is pretty rude like their doing you a favor by sitting you at the table."
  • "The service isn't there. It kind of seems like a self-service venue."
  • "Been here so many times but this is the first time ever to have bad service. The waiter was very rude and curse a lot in front of client with a bad attitude."
  • "Service was terrible, girl rushed us on the table."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Very clean and very open space (they seat everybody a few tables apart)."
  • "Pleasantly surprised by Pho Today! The space was clean, bright."
  • "The space was spacious and well-lit, with clean tables and chairs."
  • "Restaurant is clean service is always a1!"
  • "The space was clean, bright, and the service was excellent! The waiter was so friendly and attentive - with a smile on his face."
  • "Liked the casual, airy, modern ambience with high ceilings and stone-look walls."
  • "The place is very modern and clean."

Cons:

  • "The atmosphere isn’t like a typical Vietnamese restaurant. It is plain and boring."
  • "The restaurant was freezing inside!! They had no heat on!"
  • "The restaurant was super clean and looked nice."
  • "Nice atmosphere in the restaurant."
  • "Bad service bad food bad taste bad bad bad bad The meat not fresh And this not even the Vietnam food totally different my god......"
  • "The store look nice. We came as a group of 13 people and 6 of orders was taken totally wrong."
  • "The place is clean too and has lots of seating."

Value

Pros:

  • "Please you can still get full off of $20."
  • "Authentic Vietnamese food at a reasonable price."
  • "You can’t beat the price it really is amazing."
  • "Very affordable, family welcoming."
  • "Price? Straight up affordable."
  • "Prices are more than reasonable so there is no reason not to go and at least try it out if you're on the fence."
  • "Nice price for pho and rice."

Cons:

  • "It's gotten more expensive to eat here, and they continue to give us the wrong order Everytime."
  • "I’ve tolerated garbage service 3 times and they were all via phone and for pick up orders!"
  • "We pay $19 for a bowl of soup with decaying basil."
  • "Meatball tasted like it was bought from dollar store."
  • "They charge me five dollars for mushrooms, I swear to God."
  • "PRICEWISE: - EGREGIOUSly overpriced...perhaps $14.95 for a large bowl of pho might be justifiable in midtown NYC but surely not for a strip mall in East Rutherford, NJ."
  • "Sorry we are not going to be back."

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